Anri (杏里, Anri), real name Eiko Kawashima (川嶋栄子, Kawashima Eiko?), is a Japanese singer and singer-songwriter born on August 31, 1961 in Yamato, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. She has written much of her own music as well as singing songs written by others such as her debut release Oribia o Kikinagara, by Amii Ozaki. Her song Kanashimi ga Tomaranai (悲しみがとまらない, Kanashimi ga Tomaranai?) was used as the theme for the 1983 anime series Cat's Eye and debuted as #1 on Countdown Japan. It was one of the first J-pop songs used as an anime theme song, and it was included in a recent Dance Dance Revolution game. Her popularly shyrocketed following her appearance at the Red and White New Year's Music Special at the end of that same year.